Everton are keen on Fofana and had a bid rejected of around £31.5 million over the weekend. Lyon are said to be holding out to closer to a fee of £35 million. But agent Jen Mendelewitsch of Supernova Management believes that Fofana’s future will not be resolved anytime soon.
What’s been said
Speaking on
RMC’s After Foot (via
Foot01) Mendelewitsch said: “The price is explained by the fact that everyone knows that Lyon is desperate. There's no one who's going to offer crazy sums for Lyon players. We know that OL can accept anything, they're forced to sell him. The clubs will come at the end of the transfer window or in the middle of August when things will be transpiring in Lyon to get him.
"I'm not saying he won't leave for much because he has value and a certain price will have to be paid. But today, Olympique Lyonnais is not in control of the offers that will arrive and it's not for nothing that Everton's interest is leaking while OL knows that the player doesn't want to go there.”
Well I guess that’s it then. The agent publicly admitting he doesn’t fancy us. Next…